First Project in Nottingham

This is about the individual project that was making my life miserable and is still going on. Let me describe how it begun, our Design Lecturer just split us up into groups of 10 people, and each "tutor" will take 2 groups to supervise. He then gives out whole lot of papers/note on clutch and brake, whatever types of clutch and brakes. So, at first I'm totally blank where I know no one from my group (still new/innocent), we're suppose to have brain storming session together. Since no one from my group approaches me, then I'll just do whatever I see from the notes.

We're suppose to submit something according to the schedule each Wednesday, the first week will be submitting Initial Sketch, then Initial Calculation, Initial Assembly and Final Report. So it's a 1 month project. For the initial sketch, since it's a hand drawn idea, where the tutor just want us to make sure we know the concept, so I browsed through google images and wikipedia and just do my sketch. For initial calculation, I just picked some fancy and "relevant" equations and assume some data, and just throw it in ^_^ (Yeah! EngineerS!). Seriously I spent 7 hours (2pm - 9pm) in the library until it closes to do the calculations. I really don't understand how on Earth I became so desperate.

Here comes the exciting part, initial assembly must be done using the software ProE, others had already learn it during Year1, but I'm a direct Year2 entry! I never touched or even threw a glance on the software yet, and I only have less than 7 days left to submit the initial assembly. I'm telling myself, "are you joking? I need to learn a software that others took 1 year to learn in 1 week?" *Prayed a lot for this, really A LOT* . Anyway, me, Hinn and Yin went to the Engineering Lab and try it out, since they used ProDesktop for their final project before. In the end, we stared at the monitor and it stares us back, we have totally NO IDEA how it operates.

For that hopeless weekend, I went to Nilai again but alone (sort of I don't care about my project anymore). Actually Cheryl already includes me in the worship team, so I just have to go back, I can't wait to be back. Spent 3 days 2 nights in Nilai staying in Uncle Chan's house, trying to unstress myself from the dreadful software thingy. However, honestly I'm quite happy gathering with fellow Tze, Colin and Charles again. Uncle Tome was preaching that Sunday, so he picked me home to Semenyih after service. Thanks Cheryl, Aunt Elizabeth and Uncle Chan for helping me on my CV (my personal tutor asked us to write one, it turned out really nice).

I got home on Sunday afternoon, I'd completed my CV and wait til dinner. Then I go to uni's com lab with some ProE tutorials that I got from the Year1 lecturer. Spent the whole night doing those tutorials until 2a.m I think, and met Brandon, one of my classmate. He was doing Mircrosoft Project (a previous assignment that I've done), and I just approached and "guide" him a little (since I'm tired with ProE arleady). Who knows, he's willing to teach me ProE the next day! *God answers prayer!*

So Monday was a public holiday, he and some of his friends were working on ProE, and I joined. Yeah! Met more friends *2nd prayer answered^_^*. However, it's not an easy task. I spent my Monday and Tuesday doing ProE parts and assembly until late night about 2a.m also. It's been a hard week for me. Anyway, below are my design (not really good since I just learned it for 1 week)!

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Shoe and friction material:

Plate and pivot:

Spring:

Assembly:

Proverbs 15 says that "If you reject criticism , you only harm yourself; but if you listen to correction, you grow in understanding." Lord, thanks for fulfilling my desire, You blessed me step by step and slowly mold me into a fine creation. Uncle and Aunty Chan are going overseas this weekend, the Sunday service will be run by Cheryl and Charles only as the Abners are not around too. Lord I pray for Uncle and Aunty Chan's journey mercy and also for the Sunday service to be smooth. I also pray for Sen Loong, Clarence and Audri so that they get better from whatever illnesses. Amen!